CVE-2024-2494 (GCVE-0-2024-2494)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-21 13:39 – Updated: 2026-11-05 12:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Libvirt: negative g_new0 length can lead to unbounded memory allocation
Summary
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Severity
6.2 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-01 15:14 UTC
CWE
- CWE-789 - Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
Assigner
References
7 references
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| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2560 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3253 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2494 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270115 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://lists.libvirt.org/archives/list/devel@lis… | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024… | x_transferred |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2024051… | x_transferred |
Impacted products
6 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Affected:
9.0.0 , < 9.7.0
(semver)
|
||||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
Unaffected:
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cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
Unaffected:
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(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization |
cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_virtualization:8::el8
|
Date Public
2024-03-21 00:00
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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Vulnerability timeline
Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC
How durations are calculated
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Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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